OMG!!! Thank You!!! You do not know how useful this is to me!! Peeling Potatoes is one of the hardest things for me to do. I have had 8 surgery's on my hands and it hurts to peel potatoes. My husband use to always do it but since he passed, I just don't make them except for Holidays! I can taste the mashed potatoes already!

cin_20 wrote: OMG!!! Thank You!!! You do not know how useful this is to me!! Peeling Potatoes is one of the hardest things for me to do. I have had 8 surgery's on my hands and it hurts to peel potatoes. My husband use to always do it but since he passed, I just don't make them except for Holidays! I can taste the mashed potatoes already!

OH YAY CIN!!!! YOU WILL HAVE TO LET US KNOW IF IT WORKS AS WELL AS IT LOOKS!!!

You are right Wicked it does seem like a long time just to prepare a potato but for me a unless I stick my hand in the boiling water, a lot less painful! but come to think about it maybe I better forget it i probably would stick my hand in the boiling water.

I remember talking to a man whose parents were around in the depression....they would do this way of peeling potatoes because there was virtually NO WASTE as far as the actual potato peeling process has. You know what I mean? When you peel a potato there is a lot of the vegetable going into the garbage, but if you do it this way, there is NONE.

I know, the potato really looked , and no waste at all! I could see where this would work for all kinds of things.

This would be good for people such as Cin_20 that has a hard time peeling potatoes. I think we all have a hard time, just not to that extent. Like you said, a lot of waste! If you try this before any of us, Cin, let us know, ok?

I remember doing this with tomatoes once when I was making stewed tomatoes...just a little hint though, with tomatoes you only have to stick them in the boiling water for about ten seconds!!! Then just rinse them off with tap water as cold as your tap goes. The peel then comes off real easy with a paring knife. Works like a charm. There really isn't much call to peel tomatoes though anymore, most people just deal with the peel.